Description
A mixture of ovine ganglioside GM1 species with primarily C18:0 fatty acyl chain lengths, among various others; enriched in lipid rafts; associates with growth factor receptors and is required for TrkA expression on the cell surface; interacts with other proteins to increase calcium influx, affecting various calcium-dependent processes, including inducing neuronal outgrowth during differentiation; acts as a receptor for cholera toxin and the heat-labile enterotoxin from E. coli; accumulates in neurons in ganglioside GM1 gangliosidosis; levels are decreased in the substantia nigra pars compacta in postmortem brain from patients with Parkinson’s disease
Formal name: 1-O-[O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→3)-O-2-(acetylamino)-2-deoxy-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-[N-acetyl-α-neuraminosyl-(2→3)]-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-glucopyranosyl]-ceramide, monoammonium salt
Synonyms: GM1 Mixture|Monosialoganglioside GM1 Mixture
Molecular weight: 1,563.90
CAS: 1007119-81-4
Purity: ≥98%
Formulation: A solid